Innovations in Health Literacy Research

Workshop Summary

Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine (Autoren)

Cori Vancheri (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

110 Seiten

2011
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-16185-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Nearly nine out of 10 adults have difficulty using everyday health information to make good health decisions. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Health Literacy held a meeting on May 27, 2010, to explore areas for research in health literacy, the relationship between health literacy and health disparities, and ways to apply information technology to improve health literacy.

Inhalt

1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 Report on the First Annual Research on Health Literacy Conference; 4 3 The Role of Health Literacy in Health Disparities Research; 5 4 The Role of Health Literacy in Health Information Technology; 6 5 Professional Development in Health Literacy Research; 7 6 A Call to Action; 8 7 Health Literacy Research Contributions to the National Action Plan; 9 8 Lessons Learned from the Workshop; 10 References; 11 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 12 Appendix B: Workshop Speaker Biosketches; 13 Appendix C: Workshop Report from the Health Literacy Annual Research Conference

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.4.2011
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations
• Verlagsort: Washington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• ISBN-10: 0-309-16185-1 / 0309161851
• ISBN-13: 978-0-309-16185-5 / 9780309161855
• Zustand: Neuware